Berwyn man faces rape charge

A Berwyn man has been charged with raping a 17-year-old girl Sunday night in the parking lot of a Hickory Hills business, authorities said Tuesday.

Reinaldo Sanchez, 45, told the teen he would teach her to drive and took her to a car detailing shop where he works in the 9700 block of 78th Avenue, Detective Mark Zvokel said.

After he assaulted the teen, he drove her to Chicago, where he let her go at a street corner, Zvokel said. She walked about 10 blocks to the house of a friend, who took her to the Berwyn Police Department, authorities said. Berwyn police contacted Hickory Hills officers around 11 p.m. Sunday, Zvokel said. He said a patrol officer arrested Sanchez early Monday at the car detailing shop.

"After he was read his rights and processed at our station, he admitted that he had sexually assaulted the girl," Zvokel said.

The girl said she knew Sanchez from her neighborhood, according to authorities. After he drove the girl into the shop's parking lot, he locked the gate before assaulting her, Zvokel said.

"The girl did attempt to contact police on her cell phone by dialing 911," Zvokel said. "Sanchez grabbed the phone out of her hand and hung up on the 911 operator. We have tapes that prove the girl made the call for help."

Sanchez was charged with criminal sexual assault, police said. Bail was set Tuesday at $300,000 at the Bridgeview courthouse. Sanchez is being held in Cook County Jail.